XXV.

“To
inflict vengeance from the Lord on Midian.”48374837Num. xxxi. 3. For this man (Balaam), when he speaks no longer in the Spirit of
God, but contrary to God’s law, by setting up a different law with
regard to fornication,48384838Num. xxxi. 16. is certainly not then to
be counted as a prophet, but as a soothsayer. For he who did not keep to
the commandment of God, received the just recompense of his own evil
devices.48394839Num.
xxxi. 8.